Policy

Hide the Virus and threat protection area

Microsoft Windows

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Hide the Virus and threat protection area
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > Windows Security > Virus and threat protection
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2016, Windows 10 Version 1709

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, WindowsServer2016

Hide the Virus and threat protection area in Windows Security. Enabled: The Virus and threat protection area will be hidden. Disabled: The Virus and threat protection area will be shown. Not configured: Same as Disabled.

Internal name
VirusThreatProtection_UILockdown
Policy ID
9d26400d8b0f
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Virus and threat protection
Value name
UILockdown
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows Defender Security Center\Virus and threat protection
Value name
UILockdown
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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